Waters v. Churchill
511 U.S. 661 (1994) Cited 941 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding that basing a termination decision on "the word of two trusted employees, the endorsement of those employees’ reliability," and "a face-to-face meeting with the employee he fired" was reasonable and "no further time needed to be taken"
United States v. Treasury Employees
513 U.S. 454 (1995) Cited 571 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding federal-employee honoraria ban unconstitutional
Thornhill v. Alabama
310 U.S. 88 (1940) Cited 1,705 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that a law is overbroad if it does not aim specifically at evils within the allowable area of control, but sweeps within its ambit other activities that constitute an exercise of First Amendment rights
Doninger v. Niehoff
527 F.3d 41 (2d Cir. 2008) Cited 208 times 3 Legal AnalysesHolding Tinker applies to speech originating off-campus if it “would foreseeably create a risk of substantial disruption within the school environment, at least when it was similarly foreseeable that the off-campus expression might also reach campus”
Hecht v. City of New York
60 N.Y.2d 57 (N.Y. 1983) Cited 387 timesUpholding Appellate Division's dismissal of negligence complaint because gap in sidewalk was trivial and therefore not actionable
Hahn Auto. Warehouse, Inc. v. Am. Zurich Ins. Co.
2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 2344 (N.Y. 2012) Cited 140 timesAssuming there is a right to payment when the party has the contractual right to, and does, demand unconditional payment
People v. Sanchez
98 N.Y.2d 373 (N.Y. 2002) Cited 181 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that jury may convict on depraved indifference theory if it can "harbor a reasonable doubt that the homicide of [the victim] was intentional"
Cuff v. Valley Cent. Sch. Dist.
677 F.3d 109 (2d Cir. 2012) Cited 108 timesHolding disruption was reasonably forecast when student turned in an assignment stating "blow up the school with the teachers in it" even though student did not have capacity to carry out the threat and argued that the statement was a joke
Jeffries v. Harleston
52 F.3d 9 (2d Cir. 1994) Cited 129 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that defendant university board of trustees could not be held liable under § 1983 where legitimate motive of majority of trustees was a "superceding cause" between tainted motive of two board members and the allegedly retaliatory decision
Melzer v. Bd. of Educ, City of New York
336 F.3d 185 (2d Cir. 2003) Cited 94 timesHolding that defendant school board's termination of plaintiff teacher who belonged to association that advocated sexual relations between men and boys, was constitutional because board's interest in orderly operation of high school outweighed teacher's interest in commenting on areas of public concern
Section 5515 - Taking an appeal; notice of appeal
N.Y. CPLR 5515 Cited 332 times1. An appeal shall be taken by serving on the adverse party a notice of appeal and filing it in the office where the judgment or order of the court of original instance is entered except that where an order granting permission to appeal is made, the appeal is taken when such order is entered. A notice shall designate the party taking the appeal, the judgment or order or specific part of the judgment or order appealed from and the court to which the appeal is taken. 2. Whenever an appeal is taken
Section 10-1-1 et seq - [Repealed]
Ala. Code § 10-1-1 et seq Cited 117 times 3 Legal AnalysesParading without a Parade
Section 1683 - Signs or markings required
N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law § 1683 Cited 8 times(a) No ordinance, order, rule or regulation made by any local authority under the powers conferred by this title shall be effective until signs or markings giving notice thereof are posted, except under such conditions as may be authorized in writing by the department of transportation or as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, if the effect of such order, ordinance, rule or regulation is to: 1. Designate through highways and order stop signs, flashing signals or yield signs erected